Sound of ‘Beautiful Tapestry’

Beatles fans should mark their calendars for a special festival this summer. The “Fab 4 Music Festival,” a Beatles-themed indoor and outdoor music, food, and arts festival will be June 10 at the Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford. Festival guest of…

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This year’s snowy owl invasion, which has gotten off to an early start, touched Waterbury this week. If I asked you where in Waterbury a snowy owl might show up, good guesses might include a utility pole overlooking the duck-filled…

Maybe it’s because I’ve made my living as a wordsmith, but I can’t imagine a better gift than a book. My first fun book, a Hardy Boys adventure, launched a lifelong reading habit. It was handed to me one bedtime…

Where is Diane Sawyer when you need her? You remember Sawyer, the polished network anchor who was only given the coveted anchor spot at ABC World News when the nightly news no longer mattered. In the minds of the patriarchy…

We’ve all seen the pathetic sight on city streets: Downtrodden people, bracing against the rain and wind, huddled in doorways or back alleys, oblivious to the rest of the world and desperately indulging in their addiction. No, I’m not talking…

DON’T MISS “THE CAROL BURNETT 50TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL” My, how time flies. It has been five decades since Burnett and her band of merry jokers took TV by storm with their groundbreaking variety show. In this two-hour special, Burnett reminisces…

NEW YORK – Matt Lauer’s firing for what NBC said was “inappropriate sexual behavior” with a colleague stunned viewers Wednesday, rocked the network and made the “Today” show host the best-known figure in America brought down so far by the…

Associated Press He hand-picked his successor, mandolinist and frequent musical guest Chris Thile, who is now in his second season as “Prairie Home” host. After Keillor retired, Thile tweeted Wednesday that he was “in shock” by the firing. He said…

It’s time to match toys with some tunes. Cross-eyed Cat will host its fifth annual Toys for Tots show on Saturday at Waterbury’s Shamrock Pub and Grill. Every year, the group hosts a special performance when the band collects new,…

Most local symphonies pull out all the pops for their Christmas Concerts. The Waterbury Symphony has generally followed suit. But this year, the WSO’s 80th, the symphony is going back to the distant past with a concert that features more…

Three of the talented and highly experienced actors in Landmark Community Theater’s production of “It’s a Wonderful Life” know full well how important this play is to the audience. Many families make it an annual holiday tradition to watch the…

In keeping with the season, Town Players Little Theatre of Newtown produced a most appropriate play “The Trip to Bountiful,” by playwright Horton Foote. This is the story of Carrie Watts, an old widow who desperately wants to return to…

Michelle Gotay is trading an apron for a nun’s habit this Christmas season. The Watertown actress – who is known for her alter ego, diner owner Earlene Babcock, on stage and radio – will star in “Nuncrackers,” which opens this…

When we went to cut our Christmas tree on Black Friday instead of the week before Christmas, our friend Tony Calabrese at Busy Acres Tree Farm in Woodbury was surprised to see us. “Why so early this year?” he asked….

There are numerous big decisions to be made during the holidays, from gift selections to menu creations. You are on your own with those issues, but we can offer some help when it comes to selecting television programming. This year’s…

In Ghana, they called them “crowd pullers.” We might call them “billboards” or, better still, “click bait.” And many of us who took a gander might find ourselves shocked, appalled, freaked out or just plain stymied by these ghoulishly captivating…

November has always been the month that produces the unusual. As autumn wends its way toward winter, birders typically turn up rare and sought after species. This November has been no different in Connecticut. Recent discoveries include an American white…

My, my, what a cornucopia of creeps our benighted country has dished up for us this holiday season. And so refreshingly bipartisan! Who says we are a polarized country when our pantheon of perverts comprises so many politicians, publishers and…

When Jennifer Zembruski, Chase Collegiate School’s director of performing and visual arts, asked the chair of the English Department what play she would most like to see performed at the school, English Department head Mary Sharnick knew it had to…